On July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration released America’s AI Action Plan subtitled “Winning the Race”, a document that declares unequivocally that “the United States is in a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence.” This document offers a window into how Washington is thinking about AI. It also provides a navigational guideline for...
By Laxman Kafle, Kathmandu, July 6: Nepal has witnessed a sharp rise in smartphone imports during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year 2024/25, with devices worth over Rs. 32 billion brought into the country. According to the statistics of the Department of Customs, a total of 1,975,513 smartphones worth Rs. 32.08 billion have...
विद्यावारिधिका क्रममा बेइजिङ आइपुगेको पहिलो बिहानी खाजामा दूधको प्याकेटसहित अन्य खाजा उपलब्ध गराइएको थियो। उक्त खाजा सेटमा एउटा प्याकेट पनि थियो। नेपालमा फ्रुटी अथवा कुनै जुसको प्याकेट जस्तो लाग्ने उक्त प्याकेटमा दूध थियो। नउमालिकन खान मिल्ने शुद्ध दूध निकै स्वादिष्ट लाग्यो। दूधको प्याकेटलाई एकछिन नियालेर हेरें। आकर्षक प्याकेटमा लेखिएको चिनियाँ भाषालाई अनुवाद गरेर हेर्दा ‘शुद्ध...
On April 11, at the 21st Nepal-India Customs Administration Director General Level Meeting held in Kathmandu, India had agreed to implement the ‘pre-information system’ for export and import within a month. Yet, a month on, there is no visible progress. According to Mahesh Bhattarai, director general of the Department of Customs, Nepal has already completed...
The global electric vehicle (EV) revolution is rapidly transforming the automotive landscape. According to the Global EV Outlook 2025, over 17 million electric cars were sold worldwide in 2024, accounting for more than 20% of new vehicle sales. China leads the charge, with nearly half of its new cars being electric, followed by Europe at...
Staying on the 16th floor of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel at Jiaoqiao Road in the Pu Dong New Area of Shanghai, this scribe thought that making room deliveries for the hotel guests must be a slow and difficult task. It potentially demanded the employment of a sizable number of human resources at a time...
३० चैत, चेङ्दु (चीन) । चीनले स्वदेशमै विकास गरेको हाइड्रोजन इन्धनमा चल्ने ड्रोनले ३० घण्टा लगातार उडान भरेर नयाँ कीर्तिमान कायम गरेको छ । यो जानकारी चीनको हवाइ उद्योग निगम (एभीआईसी) ले दिएको हो । झण्डै ५० किलो तौल वर्गको यो ड्रोन एभीआईसी अन्तर्गतको चेङ्दु एअरक्राफ्ट उद्योग समूह र चिनियाँ प्रतिष्ठित छिङह्वा विश्वविद्यालयले संयुक्त रूपमा...
The Huawei Scandal and Europe’s China ReckoningThe Chinese tech giant is at the center of a sprawling investigation into accusations of bribery and illicit lobbying to promote Huawei’s interests within European institutions.
China sent a new communication technology test satellite into the planned orbit from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan early on Sunday. The satellite was launched by a Long March-7A rocket at 12:05 a.m. (Beijing Time). It will be used mainly for multi-band and high-speed communication...
By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Mar. 30: The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), in partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce in Nepal (AmCham Nepal), organised the first-ever international roadshow for Nepal’s IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) industry in the United States. This initiative, titled ‘Tech Peak Nepal: Orlando 2025’, highlighted Nepal’s emerging potential as a...